Polycheles galil Ahyong & Brown, 2002
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13244631 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13244789 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/08318781-0953-FFA7-FC5F-FB25FE489A40 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Polycheles galil Ahyong & Brown, 2002 |
status |
|
Polycheles galil Ahyong & Brown, 2002 View in CoL
( Figs. 3J, K, 4F View Fig )
Polycheles galil , 2002: 56-60, 75, Figs. 2 View Fig , 3 A-B [type locality: 258 km NW of Port Hedland , Western Australia, 18º42’S, 116º21’E] GoogleMaps .
Material examined. – NE Taiwan: 1 female (cl. 26.3 mm), ( NTOU), 24º28.99’N, 122º12.79’E, 500-1183 m GoogleMaps , TAIWAN 2003 CD210, 1 Jun.2003. SW Taiwan: 1 female (cl. 22.2 mm), ( NTOU) 22º12.92’N, 120º25.93’E, 316-477 m GoogleMaps , TAIWAN 2001 CD137, 23 Nov.2001; 3 males (cl. 22.7-41.7 mm), 2 females (cl. 22.9-27.9 mm), ( NTOU), 22º13.13’N, 120º20.17’E, 441-789 m GoogleMaps , TAIWAN 2001 CD138, 23 Nov.2001 .
Colour in life. – Abdomen pink. Carapace white-pink. Antennae, antennules, pereopods, pleopods, and uropods pink-red.
Remarks. – The Taiwanese specimens agree well with the recent account of the species (Ahyong & Brown, 2002). As indicated by Ahyong & Brown (2002), Pacific and northwestern Australian specimens reported by Galil (2000) as P. phosphorus are referable to P. galil . The most obvious feature distinguishing P. galil from P. phosphorus is the presence of a median antrorse spine on the first five instead of first four abdominal tergites. Ahyong & Brown (2002) lacked colour-in-life data for P. galil , so the species is shown in colour for the first time in Fig. 4 View Fig (F, G). The present specimens were collected at 316-789 m depth.
Distribution. – Northwestern Australia to Indonesia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, the Philippines, Japan and for the first time from Taiwan; 200-1354 m.
NTOU |
Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University |
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
Kingdom |
|
Phylum |
|
Class |
|
Order |
|
Family |
|
Genus |